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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

Record 5th Inning Sparks Lafayette Central Catholic To Record Fourth
Straight Championship

Lafayette Central Catholic compiled 17 hits and 12 runs The Lakers came out in the bottom of the third and
including a nine run fifth inning to beat the Shakamak Lakers looked poised to score after loading the bases with no outs.
12-2. Lafayette Central Catholic becomes the first school in However, Knights pitcher Austin Munn was able to get a
Indiana high school history to win four straight baseball state strikeout and then get the following batter to hit into an
titles. The win also marked the Knights’ 26th straight win in inning-ending double play to preserve to tie.
the IHSAA tournament series over the last four seasons.
Lafayette Central Catholic then blew the game wide
The 17 hits and nine runs in the fifth inning were both open sending 13 batters to the plate in the top of the fifth
Class A game records. inning scoring nine runs for a 11-2 lead. The first 10 batters
of the inning reached base including a walk, 4 singles, 3
Lafayette Central Catholic started the top of the first off doubles, a triple, and an error.
with a single by senior pitcher Austin Munn. Munn would
later score on a sacrifice fly to center field by sophomore The Knights would add another run in the top half of
Evan Kennedy to put the Knights up 1-0 in the top of the first. the sixth inning on a single to center field by senior catcher
Wiley Lodde to make the final score 12-2.
Lafayette Central Catholic would load the bases in the
top of the second, but failed to capitalize on the situation and Head coach Chip Sweet and the Lakers made the
the Lakers would seize the opportunity. In the bottom half school’s fifth appearance in the baseball championship
of the inning, the Lakers would hit a single and draw a walk game, and finished the season with a 27-7 record.
with one out to set the stage for Lakers sophomore Christian
Burris to hit a two RBI double and a 2-1 Shakamak lead. Head coach Tim Bordenet’s Knights finished the 2012
season with a 31-4 record. Their sixth state championship
The Knights answered right back in the top half of the moves them into second place in state history behind only
third to tie up the game 2-2 after junior Jake Churchill hit LaPorte’s eight championships.
a sacrifice fly to center field to score senior outfielder Nick
Stone.
Northfield Hangs On To Win Second Class 2A Baseball Championship
Northfield hung on to edge out Evansville Mater score on a Wildcat fielding error making the game 3-1.
Dei and win the 2A state
baseball championship. The Mater Dei (18-14-1)
Norsemen (29-5-1) knocked came out in the bottom of
off the Wildcats, 3-2, the sixth swinging though.
Saturday afternoon at Victory Senior Cody Hess started
Field to win the school’s the inning with a single to
second baseball state title. right followed by a triple
to right center by senior
The top-ranked Norse- Hunter Owen to make the
men got on the board early score 3-2. However, Owen
as freshman Adam Roser hit was stranded at third as
a leadoff single to left center Northfield pitcher Ryan
field and later scored on a Keaffaber struck out the
wild pitch in the top of the next two batters to hold off
first inning. Northfield junior the rally.
Ryan Keaffaber pitched a
one, two, three bottom of Mater Dei had another
the first inning followed by chance in the bottom of
another run in the top of the the seventh inning after a
second after an error by the leadoff walk and a stolen
Wildcats to make the score base put sophomore Jake
2-0. Fleming on second base
with no outs, but Keaffaber
Evansville Mater Dei stuck out one, forced a
junior Alex Springer got an ground ball, and struck out
RBI on a single to third to the final batter of the game
score junior Easton Ricketts to clinch the crown.
to cut the lead in half in the
bottom of the 5th inning, 2-1. Northfield was
coached by 19th year
Northfield junior Joseph leader Tony Uggen,
Ross opened the top of the who also doubles as the
sixth with a double to left school’s athletic director.
center. Pinch runner freshman Tanner Wilcox would later Mater Dei was coached by fifth year mentor Jeff Schulz.
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